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Forensic teams to examine Dublin park in search for man
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Gardaí investigating the disappearance of an Icelandic man in Dublin five years ago are to carry out a forensic examination of a section of a public park today.
The 41-year-old left the Bonnington Hotel on the Swords Road in Whitehall at around 11am on 9 February 2019.
He was last seen a short time later walking past the entrance to Highfield Hospital and heading in the direction of the Collins Avenue junction.
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Teams have been searching an area at Santry Demense, approximately 3.5 kilometres from where Mr Jonsson was last seen.
Mr Jonsson had been in Ireland with his fiancée to attend a poker tournament and for a holiday.
He is described as being 1.82m (6ft) tall, of medium build, with short brown hair.